The story of Diouana, an illiterate nursemaid from Dakar who follows her French employers to the Côte d’Azur with dreams of discovering France. But once in Antibes, she finds herself enslaved, trapped in the couple’s well-appointed holiday apartment and on the receiving end of their domestic frustrations. Her ensuing rebellion is both a desperate act and one of the great cries of cinematic outrage.

Wed., Oct. 25 7:00 “Harmony” (Japan, 2015)

“In an utopian, futuristic world, where humanity has acquired eternal life, a young high ranked agent of the world’s leading health company investigates a wave of suicides.” (imdb.com)

“A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.” (imdb.com)

11:00 “Rocky Horror Picture Show”

Sat., Oct. 28 8:00 “Rocky Horror Picture Show”

11:00 “Rocky Horror Picture Show”

Music(Kracum Performance Hall)

Fri., Oct. 27 7:00 Symphony Band Concert

Music from the standard band and wind ensemble repertoire as well as orchestral transcriptions. A dedicatory concert for the new music facilities. Music by Joan Tower, Paul Creston, Howard Hanson, Norman Dello Joio, and others.

Songs performed will be drawn from Sondheim shows Sweeny Todd, Evening Primrose, Into the Woods, West Side Story, The Frogs, Saturday Night, Company, Follies, Passion, Merrily We Roll Along, and A Little Night Music.

Sat., Oct. 28 7:00 Hula Performance: “Hālau Kiawekūpono O Ka Ua”

Chicago, 1930s: the “Cauliflower Trust” is making a move to conquer the vegetable trade when petty criminal Arturo Ui concocts his protection racket. After a reign of terror, Ui emerges as an undisputed mob boss and king of the vegetable monopoly. Bertolt Brecht’s play is much more than a simple gangland comedy, however. Written in the early 1940s, the play is also a thinly veiled allegory of the rise of Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich, told through the borrowed plot of Shakespeare’s Richard III.

Sun., Mar. 4 6:00 Student Short Films

During his visit to Northfield, Icelandic director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson is holding extensive workshops with a group of students from Carleton and St. Olaf. At this final event, the students who have been working with Sigurdsson will introduce and show the films they made under his guidance.

Brian Harnetty is a composer, performer, artist and writer who works with sound archives. Many of his pieces transform archive material into newly re-contextualized sound collages. His installation SHAWNEE, OH explores the historic, economic, cultural, and environmental sounds of Appalachian Ohio. Together, the music, photos, and video focus on eleven aural portraits of local residents recounting their lives, work, friendships, and deeds.

Glimpses of Eternity: Icons in the Orthodox World (Perlman Teaching Museum,through Mar. 12)

An exhibition of icons and other religious objects co-curated by history professor Bill North and his students.

Seldom are conditions so perfect as they were on Sept. 27 for a total lunar eclipse. These photos were taken with Nikon D 7000 and 400 mm telephoto lens, with multiple different f stops and speeds, then assembled with Pic Monkey software. Enjoy—–Ed

The sunny view, on bottom, I take to be the female. The fluffy smaller guy must be their owlet. The third I believe is the male, being a bit smaller than the female. I thank Sue Harper for finding the female for me, in the arboretum. Ed